Mission Shaped Course
 Edgehill College have been running a pilot 1 year part time Mission Shaped Ministry Course. You can download Mission Shaped Intro materials for free from the Mission Shaped Ministry website (free registration required)
From around the Web...
No such thing as a free lunch? Meals with Jesus is a course free to download from www.facingthechallenge.org.
These are designed for home groups, cell groups, Christian Unions and
individuals, including the original 'Facing the Challenge of our times'
course, and more recently, 'Facing the Challenge of Television,'
'Facing the Challenge of a Hostile World,' 'Meals with Jesus,' 'Facing
the Challenge of Other Faiths,' 'What Muslims believe,' and 'What
Hindus believe.'
You'll also find 'Seize the Day' podcasts which are all about finding starting points for the Good News of Jesus Christ in our world today.
The Facing the Challenge website aims to help Christians to "understand postmodern culture and respond in an effective, Bible based way".
Slipstream is an innovative bundle of resources from the Evangelical Alliance
for younger and emerging leaders. Focus produces the Slipstream
podcasts, which in 2008 featured leaders such as Terry Virgo, David
Jackman, Shane Claiborne, Bishop Tom Wright, and Mark Driscoll. Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist?
Square Mile is an Evangelical Alliance
initiative which aims to catalyse and equip Christians to take an
integrated approach to mission, expressed in four dimensions:
| M ercy: |
demonstrating God's compassion to the poor
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| I nfluence: |
being salt and light in the public life of the community
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| L ife Discipleship: |
equipping Christians for missional living as workers & neighbours
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| E vangelism: |
faithful and relevant communication of the gospel |
...more details->
Faith & Work
From the Methodist Church in Great Britain
The Methodist Diaconal Order's Faith and Work Group has
been offering encouragement and support to deacons as they enable and
educate lay people for their ministry and mission in the world of work.
The have produced a series of downloadable worksheets
which offer a range of reflections, ideas, skills and resources. They
aim to raise the awareness of and support “the people of God in the
world” in their ministry at work, both paid and voluntary.
(Note
- inclusion in this section does not imply official endorsement of any
of the materials by the Methodist Church in Ireland) |
Ballynahinch Methodist Church - Minister David Turtle - 028 97562378 david@ballynahinchmethodist.org